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Speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition cases before the Supreme Court.

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24-557

David Asa Villarreal, Petitioner v. Texas

The Supreme Court unanimously held that a trial court's qualified conferral order prohibiting discussion of a defendant's testimony during a mid-testi...

DetailedFirst AmendmentOT 2025
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Court of Criminal Appeals of TexasOpen

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24-539

Kaley Chiles, Petitioner v. Patty Salazar, in Her Official Capacity as Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, et al.

Does a Colorado law banning “conversion therapy”—i.e., attempts to “convert” someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity—violate the Free Speech C...

TrackingFirst AmendmentOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth CircuitOpen

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24-781

First Choice Women's Resource Centers, Inc., Petitioner v. Jennifer Davenport, Attorney General of New Jersey

Faith-based pregnancy centers challenge a New Jersey attorney general's investigation and subpoena for donor information. The case raises First Amendm...

DetailedFirst AmendmentOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitOpen

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24-621

National Republican Senatorial Committee, et al., Petitioners v. Federal Election Commission, et al.

Challengers seek to overturn limits on coordinated campaign spending by political parties, arguing the restrictions violate First Amendment protection...

DetailedElection LawOT 2024
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United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitOpen

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21-5592

Ramirez v. Collier

Ramirez v. Collier is about whether Texas can let death-row inmate John Ramirez’s pastor be in the execution chamber but forbid the pastor from touchi...

DetailedOT 2021
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitOpen

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21-147

Egbert v. Boule

This case asked whether an inn owner could sue a U.S. Border Patrol agent for money damages after the agent allegedly used excessive force against him...

DetailedOT 2021
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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21-12

Federal Election Comm'n v. Ted Cruz

This case is about a federal campaign-finance law that capped at $250,000 the amount of post-election donations a campaign could use to repay money a ...

DetailedOT 2021
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United States District Court for the District of ColumbiaOpen

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20-804

Houston Community College System v. Wilson

This case asked whether a public college board violated the First Amendment when it formally censured one of its elected trustees after he repeatedly ...

DetailedOT 2020
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitOpen

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20-197

Biden v. Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia Uni v.

This case concerned whether President Trump violated the First Amendment by blocking critics from his personal Twitter account after using that accoun...

DetailedOT 2020
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United States Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitOpen

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20-1800

Shurtleff v. Boston

This case was about Boston’s refusal to let a private group raise a Christian flag on a City Hall flagpole that the city had often made available to o...

DetailedOT 2020
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United States Court of Appeals for the First CircuitOpen

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20-1499

ACLU v. United States

The ACLU is asking the Supreme Court to review a ruling by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review that said it lacked power to consider...

DetailedOT 2020
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United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of ReviewOpen

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20-1063

Berisha v. Lawson

This case arises from a defamation suit by Shkelzen Berisha against author Guy Lawson over statements linking Berisha to an arms-dealing scandal. The ...

DetailedOT 2020
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United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitOpen

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20-1066

Hoggard v. Rhodes

A student sued Arkansas State University officials and trustees, claiming they violated her First Amendment rights by making her move a table from an ...

DetailedOT 2020
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United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitOpen

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19-831

Jarchow v. State Bar of Wis.

This case asks whether Wisconsin can require lawyers to join and financially support the state bar as a condition of practicing law. The petition argu...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitOpen

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02-1674

McConnell v. Federal Election Commission

This case considers whether the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, which banned 'soft money' donations and regulated political advertising, viola...

DetailedOT 2002
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United States District Court for the District of ColumbiaOpen

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19-6630

Hunter v. Murdoch

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed in the Supreme Court following a decision by the Eighth Circuit. The petitioner has also ...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitOpen

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19-465

Chiafalo v. Washington

This case asked whether Washington could fine presidential electors who broke their pledge and voted for someone other than the candidate who won the ...

DetailedOT 2019
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Supreme Court of WashingtonOpen

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19-251

Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta

This case was about a California rule requiring charities that raise money in the state to give the attorney general the names and addresses of their ...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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19-267

Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru

This case asked whether teachers at Catholic elementary schools who taught religion and led students in religious activities count as “ministers” for ...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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19-309

Carney v. Adams

This case involved Delaware’s constitutional rules requiring partisan balance on its major courts, which an independent lawyer challenged as excluding...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitOpen

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19-177

Agency for Int'l De v. v. Alliance for Open Soc'y Int'l, Inc.

The case asked whether the federal government could require foreign affiliates of U.S.-based aid groups fighting HIV/AIDS abroad to adopt a policy opp...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitOpen

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19-1184

Bruni v. City of Pittsburgh

This case involves a challenge to Pittsburgh’s abortion-clinic buffer-zone ordinance by sidewalk counselors who want to have quiet, one-on-one convers...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitOpen

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19-123

Fulton v. Philadelphia

Philadelphia stopped working with Catholic Social Services in its foster-care program because the agency, for religious reasons, would not certify sam...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitOpen

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19-122

Thompson v. Hebdon

This case challenged Alaska’s very low campaign contribution limits, which restrict how much individuals can give each year to candidates and certain ...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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19-1051

Kansas v. Boettger

This case asks whether Kansas may punish a person for making a violent threat when the person acted with reckless disregard that the statement would p...

DetailedOT 2019
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Supreme Court of KansasOpen

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19-1047

Weiss v. Marsh

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari to review a decision by the Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District. The speci...

DetailedOT 2019
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Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division ThreeOpen

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18-364

Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders, et al., Petitioners v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, et al.

This case involved a New Jersey county’s historic-preservation grant program, which had awarded funds to churches to repair and restore church buildin...

DetailedOT 2018
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Supreme Court of New JerseyOpen

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24-656

TikTok Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General

The Supreme Court upheld a federal law requiring TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to divest the platform or face a ban in the United States...

DetailedOT 2024
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United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitOpen

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17-333

Besinek v. Lamone

Republican voters challenged Maryland’s 2011 redesign of the Sixth Congressional District, claiming state officials redrew it to punish them for suppo...

DetailedOT 2017
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United States District Court for the District of MarylandOpen

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17-21

Lozman v. Riviera Beach

This case concerns a Florida man who says the City of Riviera Beach had him arrested at a city council meeting to punish him for criticizing city offi...

DetailedOT 2017
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United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitOpen

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17-742

Mary Anne Sause, Petitioner v. Timothy J. Bauer, et al.

Whether the Court of Appeals correctly held Respondents were entitled to qualified immunity because the law was not so clearly defined at the time of ...

TrackingOT 2017
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United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth CircuitOpen

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17-965

Trump v. Hawaii

This case was about President Trump’s 2017 proclamation restricting entry into the United States for certain people from several countries after a gov...

DetailedOT 2017
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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17-1702

Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck

This case is about whether Manhattan Neighborhood Network, a private nonprofit chosen by New York City to run public-access cable channels, can be tre...

DetailedOT 2018
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United States Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitOpen

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18-96

Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Assn. v. Thomas

This case was about a Tennessee law that let people or businesses get retail liquor licenses only if they had lived in the state for a set number of y...

DetailedOT 2018
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United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitOpen

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18-302

Iancu v. Brunetti

This case asked whether the federal government could refuse to register trademarks it considered “immoral” or “scandalous,” after the Patent and Trade...

DetailedOT 2018
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United States Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitOpen

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16-1140

National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra

This case asked whether California could require anti-abortion pregnancy centers to give notices about state-provided reproductive health services, in...

DetailedOT 2017
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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18-761

D. Dahne, Petitioner v. Thomas W. S. Richey

Do prison inmates have a First Amendment right to include threatening, abusive, and irrelevant language in grievances?

TrackingOT 2018
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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22-915

United States v. Rahimi

The Court reversed the Fifth Circuit and upheld the federal ban on gun possession by people subject to domestic-violence restraining orders. It held t...

DetailedFirst AmendmentOT 2023
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitOpen

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22-942

Tingley v. Ferguson

This case asks whether a state law banning certain counseling conversations as unprofessional conduct violates the First Amendment's free speech claus...

DetailedOT 2023
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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22-277

Moody v. NetChoice

Florida defended a law restricting large social-media platforms' moderation practices and requiring explanations for moderation decisions. The Court v...

DetailedTax LawOT 2023
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United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitOpen

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22-842

NRA v. Vullo

The Court unanimously held that the NRA plausibly alleged a First Amendment violation by claiming New York's financial regulator coerced banks and ins...

DetailedCriminal LawOT 2023
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United States Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitOpen

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22-1008

Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

The Court addressed Florida and Texas laws regulating social media platforms but remanded both cases for further analysis. The Court provided guidance...

DetailedFirst AmendmentOT 2023
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United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitOpen

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19-7849

Black v. Dolan

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed in the Supreme Court following a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the F...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the First CircuitOpen

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21-418

Kennedy v. Bremerton School Dist.

A high school football coach was disciplined by his school district for praying at midfield after games. The Supreme Court ruled that the school's act...

DetailedOT 2021
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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19-7899

Nigl v. Litscher

Nigl filed a petition for a writ of certiorari and a motion to proceed in forma pauperis to the Supreme Court, seeking review of a decision by the Sev...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitOpen

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24-809

Howard Goldey, Associate Warden, et al., Petitioners v. Andrew Fields, III, et al.

The Supreme Court reversed a Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Goldey v. Fields and sent the case back to lower courts for further review. T...

DetailedOT 2024
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitOpen

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24-57

Coalition Life, Petitioner v. City of Carbondale, Illinois

This case involves a challenge to a local ordinance in Carbondale, Illinois, that restricts peaceful speech and demonstrations within 100 feet of abor...

DetailedOT 2024
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United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitOpen

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19-6442

Yeager v. Nat'l Pub. Radio

This matter involves a procedural request submitted to Justice Sotomayor seeking permission to file a petition for a writ of certiorari that exceeds t...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth CircuitOpen

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19-767

Nat'l Ass'n for Gun Rights, Inc. v. Mangan

The National Association for Gun Rights petitioned the Supreme Court to review a decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The case involves a l...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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19-670

Fleck v. Wetch

This case considers whether a state law violates the First Amendment by using an opt-out rule that presumes individuals consent to subsidizing a group...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitOpen

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22-138

Counterman v. Colorado

This case examines whether a person's threatening Facebook messages constitute a 'true threat' unprotected by the First Amendment. The Court held that...

DetailedOT 2022
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Court of Appeals of ColoradoOpen

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19-974

Schmitt v. Larose

This case involves a challenge to subject-matter restrictions on ballot initiatives, specifically asking whether such restrictions are subject to stri...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitOpen

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22-278

City of Ocala v. Rojas

This case involves a dispute over whether individuals have standing to bring an Establishment Clause claim against a city. The Court considered whethe...

DetailedOT 2022
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United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitOpen

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22-148

Jack Daniel's Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC

VIP Products created a dog toy parodying the iconic Jack Daniel's whiskey bottle. The Supreme Court ruled that using another's trademark humorously on...

DetailedOT 2022
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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19-8084

Young v. Halligan

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed in the Supreme Court following a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the T...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitOpen

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22-704

Vidal v. Elster

The Supreme Court considered whether a federal trademark law prohibiting the registration of a living person's name without their consent violates the...

DetailedOT 2023
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United States Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitOpen

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22-506

Biden v. Nebraska

The Court held that the First Amendment prohibits Colorado from forcing a website designer to create websites celebrating same-sex marriages when doin...

DetailedFirst AmendmentOT 2022
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United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitOpen

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23-411

Vivek H. Murthy, Surgeon General, et al., Petitioners v. Missouri, et al.

The Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit alleging the federal government coerced social media platforms into censoring speech, ruling that the plaintiffs...

DetailedOT 2023
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitOpen

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22-1025

Gonzalez v. Trevino

This case clarified the evidence required to prove a First Amendment retaliatory arrest claim when probable cause for the arrest exists. The Supreme C...

DetailedOT 2023
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitOpen

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22-179

United States v. Hansen

Hansen involved a First Amendment challenge to a federal immigration-solicitation statute used in a fraudulent scheme promising a path to citizenship....

DetailedEmployment LawOT 2022
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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24-394

Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board, et al., Petitioners v. Gentner Drummond, Attorney General of Oklahoma, ex rel. Oklahoma

This case involves a dispute over whether a state can authorize a religious charter school, specifically focusing on whether the school's actions coun...

DetailedOT 2024
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Supreme Court of OklahomaOpen

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24-154

Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, et al.

The Supreme Court ruled that Wisconsin violated the First Amendment by denying a tax exemption to Catholic Charities Bureau because the organization's...

DetailedOT 2024
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Supreme Court of WisconsinOpen

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22-611

Lindke v. Freed

The Supreme Court established a new test to determine when a public official's social media activity constitutes state action, ruling that officials a...

DetailedOT 2023
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United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitOpen

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19-7975

Myer v. All Dulles Area Muslim Soc'y

This case involves a petition asking the Supreme Court to review a decision by the Supreme Court of Virginia regarding a dispute with the All Dulles A...

DetailedOT 2019
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Supreme Court of VirginiaOpen

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22-555

NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton

The Supreme Court reviewed a Texas law that restricted social media platforms from moderating user content and required detailed disclosures about the...

DetailedOT 2023
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitOpen

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22-324

O'Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier

This case concerns whether public officials violate the First Amendment when they block individuals from their personal social media accounts that are...

DetailedOT 2023
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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